Under the Lights: Daylight Falls, Book 2

Written by Dahlia Adler

Narrated by Shaina Summerville and Stephen Indrisano

Young actor Josh Chester has never been sure that acting is for him--he’s mostly interested in the parties and the hot Hollywood girls that come with the job. But he ends up taking a job on the hit TV series Daylight Falls, opposite Vanessa Park, a girl who is immune to his charms and also his polar opposite. Vanessa loves her job, despite her parents’ disapproval. She’s pretty certain about everything in her life, until she meets her new career handler, a gorgeous girl named Bri. Then things start to get a little confusing. Under the Lights features an adorable romance between two young women, all set against the backdrop of Hollywood. As Vanessa confronts her emerging feelings for her handler, Bri, her co-star Josh confronts his realization that the Hollywood scene might not really be his cup of tea. Under the Lights is a story of self-discovery: learning that the person you always thought you were might not actually be the case anymore.

Josh Chester loves being a Hollywood bad boy, coasting on his good looks, his parties, his parents' wealth, and the occasional modeling gig. But his laid-back lifestyle is about to change. To help out his best friend, Liam, he joins his hit teen TV show, Daylight Falls…opposite Vanessa Park, the one actor immune to his charms. (Not that he's trying to charm her, of course.) Meanwhile, his drama-queen mother blackmails him into a new family reality TV show, with Josh in the starring role. Now that he's in the spotlight--on everyone's terms but his own--Josh has to decide whether a life as a superstar is the one he really wants. Vanessa Park has always been certain about her path as an actor, despite her parents' disapproval. But with all her relationships currently in upheaval, she's painfully uncertain about everything else. When she meets her new career handler, Brianna, Van is relieved to have found someone she can rely on, now that her BFF, Ally, is at college across the country. But as feelings unexpectedly evolve beyond friendship, Van's life reaches a whole new level of confusing. And she'll have to choose between the one thing she's always loved...and the person she never imagined she could.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Spotify Audiobooks
• Release date: Sep 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9781667073811

Dahlia Adler

Dahlia Adler is an Editor of Mathematics by day, the overlord of LGBTQReads by night, and a writer of contemporary YA and NA. She's the author of the Daylight Falls duology, Just Visiting, the Radleigh University series, Cool for the Summer, and Home Field Advantage; a contributor to numerous anthologiesl; the editor of the anthologies "His Hideous Heart", "That Way Madness Lies", "At Midnight" (2022), and, with Jennifer Iacopelli, "Out of Our League" (2023). She lives in New York.

Reviews for Under the Lights

[J.A. Henson · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Josh is obnoxious and never seemed to getting over it. I stopped into chapter 6. Ugh.